Barrels Quote by Roy Blount, Jr

The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.

— Karen Hughes

It's very easy to make fun of George W.Bush, but that ain't going to do it. What we have to do is knock on…

— Bernie Sanders

Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn't comedy I don't know if Obama could have ever…

— Marlon Wayans

A lot of comics claimed to be political comedians when George W. Bush was in office just by calling him an idiot. For me,…

— W. Kamau Bell

Humor is a marvelous communications tool, as Reagan has demonstrated so well. He has weathered many a storm that others might not have. With…

— Robert Orben

Everything is so weird in politics that it's very hard to be funny about it, I think.

— Tom Lehrer

Where my comedy really solidified was when Bush was elected. I couldn't understand how craven and crass he was, and how dumb other people…

— David Cross

I have nothing wrong with comics and writers poking fun at the President, as long as it's funny. When it's the same retread jokes…

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

I remember a time when it was ok to make fun of politicians and powerful people. Now, it's not ok anymore. We've forgotten how…

— Elif Safak

It's harder to be funny from the position of power.

— George Carlin

I do suppose what any political satire, what any political joke can count as a gaffe or a possible career-ending move. It changes what…

— Timothy Simons

It was hard to make fun of him because he seemed to have so much fun making fun of himself.

— James Barron